Colorized photo image of Millbrook Lake. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. The park covered 85 acres and was greatly damaged in the 1913 flood. It was totally dismantled by 1935.
Colorized image of the Holy Redeemer church at 1325 Gallia Street. Holy Redeemer was founded when a need arose for the separation of the English and German-speaking congregations. In 1853 the Irish Catholic Congregation built their first Holy Redeemer building on Sixth (6th) Street. This building on Gallia was constructed in 1905.
Colored image of the church building at 701 Fifth (5th) Street. This building was dedicated in 1887 as the German Evangelical Church. In 1918 German language was dropped and the name changed to the First Evangelical Church. Since 1956 the congregation has been known as the Evangelical United Church of Christ.
Black and white photo image of Bigelow Methodist Church at 415 Washington Street since 1957. Bigelow was named after Russell H. Bigelow, 1793-1835. He was a Methodist circuit rider, missionary to Indians, and chaplain of Ohio Penitentiary. As of 1984, the non-denominational congregation is known as Bigelow Church.
Colored photo image of the Portsmouth High built in 1912 to replace the Davis High School on the corner of Gallia and Waller Streets. It was closed in 2006 and razed in 2007.
Tinted photo image of the Union Street School at the corner of Fourth (4th) and Union Streets. It was completed in 1877 and remodeled in 1910. On January 8, 1929 the school building was destroyed by fire, thought to be intentionally set. The U.S. Grant School built the next year, replaced the Union Street School.
Blue tinted image of the Hall. The Knights of St. George No. 101 organized in 1881 and per the 1906 Portsmouth City Directory met in "St. Mary's Hall" at the northeast corner of Fifth and Market Streets. In the 1930 directory the meetings were at "Trinity Lodge" also at the corner of Fifth and Market.
Black and white photo image of the lobby of the Washington Hotel. It was built in 1901 at the corner of Second (2nd) and Market Streets. The charge of one day was $3.00 according to the History of Scioto County by Nelson Evans. In 1979 the Washington hotel became part of the Riverview Retirement Center serving the elderly and handicapped.
Sepia tone photo image of the Washington House built in 1901 at the corner of Second (2nd) and Market Streets. The room rate was $3.00 per day in 1903 (Evans history of Scioto County) From 1939 to 1956 it was known as the Milner Hotel. In 1979 the Washington House became part of the Riverview Retirement Center serving the elderly and handicapped.
